2009 Year Summary - Favorite Albums

harmonium.ro wrote: indeed

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Not a final list (and the order within each group isn't final or all that important), and there are more 2009 albums I'll listen to this week for the first time, but it's getting there:

The Best:
1.    Wobbler - Afterglow
2.    Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune
3.    Deluge Grander - The Form of the Good
4.    Phideaux - Number Seven
5.    Osada Vida - Uninivted Dreams
6.    Between the buried and me - The great misdirect
7.    Gösta Berlings Saga - Detta har hänt
8.    L’oeil Du Sourd – Un?
9.    Present - Barbaro (ma non troppo)
10.    Fun Machine - Sonnenhuhn
11.    Gargamel - Descending
12.    Kalisia - Cybion

13.    Nemo - Barbares
14.    Simon Steensland - Fat Again
15.    Aranis - Songs from mirage
16.    Pictorial Wand - Face of our fathers
17.    Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist
18.    Miriodor - Avanti!
19.    Kotebel - Ouroboros
20.    Leprous - Tall poppy sydrome
21.    Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra - Take Off!
22.    Forgas Band Phenomena – L’axe Du Fou
23.    Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré
24.    miRthkon - Vehicle
25.    Lye By Mistake – Fea Jur
26.    The Future Kings of England - The Viewing Point
27.    The Low Frequency in Stereo - Futuro

The Great:
28.    Mouse on the Keys - An Anxious Object
29.    Flat Earth Society - Cheer Me, Perverts!
30.    Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
31.    Viima - Kahden kuun sirpit
32.    Led Bib - Sensible Shoes
33.    Ubi Maior - Senza Tempo
34.    Neom - Arkana Temporis
35.    Runaway Totem – Manu Menes
36.    maudlin of the Well - Part the Second
37.    The Autumn Project - This We Take With Us
38.    Il Ruscello - Paesaggio solare (estate 1972)
39.    Delirium – In Nome Del Vento
40.    Jono El Grande – Neo Dada
41.    Moraine - Manifest Density
42.    Wine From Tears - Through the Eyes of a Mad
43.    Indukti - Idmen
44.    Isis - Wavering Radiant
45.    Karda Estra - Weird Tales
46.    Greg Amov – The Noble Gases
47.    Basta – Cycles
48.    Shogun Kunitoki - Vinonaamakasio
49.    The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
50.    Ensiferum - From Afar
51.    Izz - The Darkened Room
52.    Moongarden - A Vulgar Display of Prog
53.    Long Distance Calling - Avoid the Light
54.    Exivious – Exivious
55.    Wardruna - Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga
56.    Kinetic Element – Powered By Light

The almost as great:
57.    The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Here Be Dragons
58.    Thee Maximalists - Crosstalk
59.    Kosmos - Vieraan Taivaan Alla
60.    Kathaarsys - Anonymous Ballad
61.    The Hylozoists - L'île de sept villes
62.    Adolf Plays the Jazz - Dirty Waters
63.    Afforested - Wolf's Heads and Woodlanders
64.    Alamaailman Vasarat - Huuro Kolkko
65.    Altar of Plagues - White Tomb
66.    The Bronzed Chorus - I'm the Spring
67.    The Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound - When Sweet Sleep Returned
68.    Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
69.    Syzygy - Realms of Eternity
70.    Big Big Train – The Underfall Yard
71.    Cobalt - Gin
72.    The Echelon Effect - Reunion
73.    Those Who Lie Beneath - An Awakening
74.    Zu - Carboniferous 
75.    Anouar Brahem – The Astounding Eyes Of Rita
76.    Russian Circles – Geneva
77.    Outre Mesure - Abacadaë
78.    KTU - Quiver
79.    Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
80.    Tyondai Braxton – Central Market


The Good:
81.    Taipuva Luotisuora - IV
82.    Narr - Oxymore Dans La Chrysalide Des Rêves
83.    Chance:Risiko – Sleep Talking
84.    Zombi - Spirit Animal
85.    The Source - Prickly Pear
86.    Andrew Douglas Rothbard - Exodusarabesque
87.    Jean-Jacques Toussaint - From Tiemko To Travelling
88.    The Necks - Silverwater
89.    Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
90.    Orphan Project - Spooning Out the Sea
91.    Lalle Larsson – Weaveworld
92.    Ancestors - Of Sound Mind
93.    Medeski, Martin & Wood - Radiolarians II
94.    Medeski, Martin & Wood - Radiolarians III
95.    Gwynbleidd - Nostalgia
96.    Guilt Machine - On This Perfect Day
97.    The Invincible Czars - Fortissimo
98.    IQ – Frequency
99.    Vril – The Fatal Duckpond
100.    Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
101.    Absu - Absu
102.    Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
103.    Antigama - Warning
104.    The Antikaroshi - Crushed Neocons
105.    Martigan - Visions
106.    Astra - The Weirding
107.    Balmorhea - All Is Wild, All Is Silent
108.    Bloody Panda - Summon
109.    Buried Inside - Spoils of Failure
110.    Calle Debauche - Calle Debauche
111.    Il Castello di Atlante - Cap. 7 - Tra le antiche mura
112.    Celan - Halo
113.    Nels Cline – Coward
114.    Be’lakor - Stone's Reach
115.    Isole – Silent Ruins
116.    My Lament – Broken Leaf
117.    Deterior - Cleanse
118.    Espers - Espers III
119.    Nils Frahm - Wintermusik
120.    Nils Frahm -  The Bells
121.    From Monument to Masses - On Little Known Frequencies
122.    Gan Eden - il Giardino delle Delizie - Ritratto di ballerina
123.    Kylesa - Static Tensions
124.    Guy Manning - Number Ten
125.    Mastodon - Crack the Skye
126.    Mumakil - Behold the Failure
127.    Natural Snow Buildings - Shadow Kingdom
128.    Om - God Is Good
129.    Ozric Tentacles - The YumYum Tree
130.    Pg.lost - In Never Out
131.    Redemption - Snowfall on Judgment Day
132.    Rhys Marsh and the Autumn Ghost - Dulcima
133.    Samael - Above
134.    Saxon Shore - It Doesn't Matter
135.    Scale the Summit - Carving Desert Canyons
136.    Senogul - Concierto de evocación sonora para conjunto instrumental
137.    Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts
138.    Slon - Antenne
139.    Slough Feg - Ape Uprising!
140.    Sólstafir - Köld
141.    Stinking Lizaveta - Sacrifice and Bliss
142.    SubArachnoid Space - Eight Bells
143.    Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
144.    TwinSisterMoon - The Hollow Mountain
145.    Umphrey's McGee - Mantis
146.    Ben Woods - Things Weren't Always This Way
147.    Years - Years
148.    YOB - The Great Cessation
149.    Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
150.    The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life And Death
151.    Gwyllion - The Edge of All I Know
152.    Minsk - With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
153.    Pelican – What We All Come To Need
154.    Amogh Symphony – Abolishing The Obsolete System
155.    Ashaena - Cei Nascuti Din Pamant
156.    Randone – Linea Di Confine
157.    Hiroshima Will Burn – To The Weight Of All Things
158.    Kurai - Kurai
159.    The Echelon Effect - Leaving It Behind
160.    The Echelon Effect - Reference Reflection
161.    The Echelon Effect - Distant Desire

The mediocre / OK but didn't do much for me:
162.    Panzerballett - Hart Genossen von Abba bis Zappa
163.    Shadow Circus - Whispers and Screams
164.    Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse
165.    The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
166.    Arpia - Racconto d’inverno
167.    Baroness - Blue Record
168.    Believer - Gabriel
169.    Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
170.    Black Math Horseman – Wyllt
171.    Sylvan – Force of Gravity
172.    Black Messiah - First War of the World
173.    Brutal Truth - Evolution Through Revolution
174.    Circulus - Thought Becomes Reality
175.    Daedalus - The Never Ending Illusion
176.    Dark Castle - Spirited Migration
177.    Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious
178.    Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
179.    Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
180.    Egoist - Ultra Selfish Revolution
181.    Elegi - Varde
182.    Escherbach - Cycles
183.    Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Children of the Dark Waters
184.    Fen - The Malediction Fields
185.    Gaë Bolg - Petite Introduction Aux Pratiques Des Gymnosophes
186.    Gorod - Process of a New Decline
187.    Gutbucket - A Modest Proposal
188.    Stéphane Horeczko - G. 1888
189.    Hourglass - Oblivious to the Obvious
190.    Kevin Hufnagel - Songs for the Disappeared
191.    Lobster Newberg - Actress
192.    Naam - Naam
193.    Nihiling - M[e]iosis
194.    Psyopus - Odd Senses
195.    Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia
196.    Karl Sanders - Saurian Exorcisms
197.    Sendelica - The Girl From the Future Who Lit Up the Sky With Golden Worlds
198.    Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
199.    Toma - As We Fall Into Static Our Hearts Sing
200.    Weird Owl - Ever the Silver Cord Be Loosed
201.    Sansara - 69
202.    Porcupine Tree - The Incident
203.    The Gathering - The West Pole
204.    Secret Chiefs 3 - Traditionalists: Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini
205.    Oceans Of Night - The Shadowheart Mirror
206.    Psychodrome – Psychodrome
207.    Dead Heroes Club – A Time Of Shadow
208.    Enochian Theory - Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio
209.    Satellite - Nostalgia


The ones I don't like:
210.    Children of Bodom - Skeletons in the Closet
211.    Gaza - He Is Never Coming Back
212.    Earth as a Womb - Life In A Nitrogen Enriched Atmosphere
213.    Epignosis - Still the Waters
214.    Four Letter Lie - A New Day
215.    Luna Mortis - The Absence
216.    The Mars Volta - Octahedron
217.    Mystica - Second Dive
218.    Paniyolo - I'm Home
219.    Pestilence - Resurrection Macabre
220.    Roswell Six - Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon
221.    Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle
222.    uSSSy - uSSSy
223.    Yair Yona - Remember






Edited by avestin - January 02 2010 at 15:48

natewait wrote: The Block wrote:  I love it, but just one question, where is Crack The Skye????? I haven't heard Crack The Skye, Is it something worth checking out?

I only heard the the debut by Subsignal (http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=25577) in the past few days, but it is really good. And I KNEW that was the singer from Sieges Even!

natewait wrote: 1. The Whirlwind- Transatlantic 2. Black Clouds and Silver Linings- Dream Theater 3. Act III: Life and Death- The Dear Hunter 4. The Darkened Room- IZZ 5. The Incident- Porcupine Tree 6. Number Seven- Phideaux 7. Destined Solitaire- Beardfish 8. Frequency- IQ 9. Realms of Eternity- Syzygy 10. Anno Domini High Definition- Riverside Although I just bought The Hazards of Love by The Decembrists yesterday, and I'm really loving it, so I wouldn't be surprised if it finds its way in the top ten before the years up.

I love it, but just one question, where is Crack The Skye?????

also if no-one else has listed no-age there self titled also deserves a mention. 

Edited by keiser willhelm - December 18 2009 at 09:20

valravennz wrote: Here is my list of Prog and Non-Prog albums in no particular order of preference:     1. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (Re-release) 2. Dream Theater _ Black Clouds and Silver Linings 3. IQ - Frequency 4. Maudlin Of The Well - Part The Second 5. Cold Play - Left Right Left Right 6. Gazpacho - Tick Tock 7. Phideaux - Number Seven 8. Porcupine Tree - Ilosaarirock (Live) (Club only release) 9. Hugh Cornwall - Hoover Dam 10.U2 - No Line On The Horizon 11.Animal Collective - Merriweather Post-Pavillion 12.Isis - Wavering Radiant 13.The Decemberists - Hazards of Love 14.Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition 15.Astra - The Weirding 16.Guilt Machine - This Perfect Day 17.Muse - The Resistance 18.Porcupine Tree - The Incident 19.Kasabian - West Ryder Paupers Lunatic Asylum 20.Afforested - Wolf's Heads and Woodlanders 21.Amberian Dawn - The Clouds of Northland Thunder 22.Delain - April Rain 23.Spleen Arcana - The Field Where She Died 24.Ozric Tentacles - The Yum Yum Tree 25.Gong - 2032 26.Transatlantic - The Whirlwind 27.Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 28.Rain - Cerulean Blue 29.5Bridges - The Thomas Tracks 30.Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue 31.The Tangent - Down and Out in Paris 32.Beardfish - Destined Solitaire 33.Baroness - Blue Record 34.Devin Townsend - Ki 35.Astral Travellers - The Truth Beyond 36.Between The Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect. 37.Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard 38.Shadow Circus - Whispers and Screams   Have yet to hear Magma and Eloy's new albums and am looking forward to getting my hands on them.

Ok from my rather long list I will attempt to pick my top 10:

1. Maudlin of The Well - Part The Second
2. IQ - Frequency
3. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
4. Astra - The Weirding
5. The Tangent - Down and Out In Paris
6. Phideaux - Number Seven
7. Gazpacho - Tick Tock
8. Devin Townsend - Ki
9. Gong - 2032
10. Isis - Wavering Radient

Kudos to:

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post-pavillion
Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
5Bridges - The Thomas Tracks
Porcupine Tree - Ilosaarirock (Live)
Muse - The Resistance
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
Big Big Train - The Underfall Yard
Shadow Circus - Whispers and Screams
Guilt Machine - This Perfect Day

Biggest Disappointment(s): (imho )

Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings






Edited by valravennz - December 30 2009 at 23:25

also, forgot about it earlier but Wolves in the Throne Room's most recent is also very nice.